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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

EPA Sets Mileage For Nissan Leaf

The EPA, which sets mileage figures for autos in the US, has arrived at a figure for the Nissan Leaf.

It doesn't use a drop of gasoline, but the electric Nissan Leaf was just rated by the Environmental Protection Agency at the equivalent of 99 miles a gallon (mpg-e in EPA-speak).

That's because in most places, it takes some sort of fossil fuel to create electricity. But at 106 mpg-e in the city, 92 on the highway, the Leaf still becomes the highest-rated car for gas mileage. Those figures are nearly twice as much as the previous highest-rated car, a Toyota Prius hybrid.

The rating allows Nissan to go ahead and prepare a window sticker for the Leaf, which goes on sale next month. Nissan has 20,000 interested buyers lined up.